Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, 9725 3rd Avenue NE, Ste. 401, Seattle, WA, 98115, USA.
Prev Sci. 2023 Jul;24(5):808-816. doi: 10.1007/s11121-023-01544-y. Epub 2023 May 11.
This commentary on the special issue of Prevention Science, "Toward a Lifespan Prevention Science: A Focus on Middle and Late Adulthood" reviews the studies included in the issue, compares findings, and makes recommendations for future directions in this emerging field. Articles in this issue addressed a number of the key elements of prevention science, including identifying proximal and distal risk and protective factors that play a role in middle and late adult health and well-being, providing preliminary evidence for a preventive intervention to moderate stress reactivity, and proposing a theoretical approach to preventing substance misuse across the lifespan. Our commentary centers around three critical areas for mid and later life prevention science: the importance of theory building, a focus on alcohol and its role in midlife health, and health disparities. Each of the articles in this issue touched on at least one of these areas. We conclude that a focus on prevention in mid and later life has strong potential, and further research is needed.
这篇评论是关于《预防科学》特刊“迈向全生命周期预防科学：关注中年和晚年”的，它回顾了特刊中包含的研究，比较了研究结果，并为这一新兴领域的未来方向提出了建议。本期特刊中的文章涉及预防科学的许多关键要素，包括确定在中年和晚年健康和幸福中起作用的近端和远端风险和保护因素，为减轻压力反应的预防性干预提供初步证据，并提出了一种预防整个生命周期物质滥用的理论方法。我们的评论围绕中年和晚年预防科学的三个关键领域展开：理论构建的重要性、关注酒精及其在中年健康中的作用，以及健康差异。本期特刊中的每一篇文章都至少涉及其中一个领域。我们的结论是，关注中年和晚年的预防具有很大的潜力，需要进一步研究。
